Initially known as Data Products, the company was founded by Erwin Tomash in 1962 in order to take controlling interest of Telex's Data Systems Division.
The first edition was 28 pages in length, and featured front-page stories about Xerox, Apple Computer, and Dataproducts.
He also recounts his move to Telemeter Magnetics, later Ampex Computer Products, the formation of Dataproducts Corporation and its subsidiary, Informatics Inc., headed by Walter Bauer.